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US in the European TheaterThe Big 3• FDR
• United States• Winston Churchill
• Great Britain • Josef Stalin
• Soviet Union
• Alliance between two ___________________________ and one __________________________ leader• Uneasy alliance• Meet several times• ________________and __________________ become friends• Unconditional surrender
Allied Forces • United States of America• Britain• Australia • France • USSR/ Russia/ Soviet Union• Plus several others • Total __________ Nations
Plan of Attack • _____________________________________________________________________• Military Plan
• _________________________________ on Germany and Italy • _________________________ on Germany • Peripheral strikes in the _________________________• Direct ____________________ on ____________________________
Stalingrad• Might be the _______________________________________________________ • ______________________________ for the Germans on land
• Destroys the German ___________________________ • Germany is in retreat from the east until the
reach Berlin• Stalin is angered because Allies did not help and
the Russian took the brunt of this attack • Lasts ____________________________________________
______________
Operation Torch• __________________________________________
_________________________• Brits had been there since
_________________• _____________________________ leader• Turning point of the war• First Front
Operation Overlord• ___________________________________________• ________________________ stormed _____ beachheads at Normandy coast
• 800,000 more men within 3 weeks; 3 million• Causalities: 2,245 Allies killed 1,670
wounded • Significance
• Established a strong _____________________ ( Russia VERY happy)
• August 1st 1944 Allies enter into Paris• End of the summer
•_______________________________________________
Battle of the Bulge • _________________________________• Germans last _________________________
• Move against US positions • _________________________________• 101st Airborne Div.• ____________________________ US Troops
killed • Stopped Hitler’s Last gasp counter
offensive
Victory over Europe• January advancing toward Germany
• Attack ______________________ with fire bombs killing __________________________ and destroying factories and rail lines
• April 1945• US approached Berlin form the
west while Soviets come from the East
• Italian resistance collapsing• Mussolini caught by Italian
resistance and killed • Hitler goes into a
_______________________________________
• Germany surrenders _______________________________________________
Movies On (Europe) WWII• Band Of Brothers• Saving Private
Ryan • Fury • We were soldiers
• The Monuments Men
• King’s Speech • Valkyrie • The Pianist • Red Tails
• Saints and Soldiers
• The Imitation Game
• Enemy at the Gates
• The Great Escape